Exciton and charge-transfer interactions in nonconjugated merocyanine dye dimers: Novel solvatochromic behavior for tethered bichromophores and excimers

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 36, 1999, Pages 8146-8156

  Lu, Liangde ^a,c   Lachicotte, Rene J ^a   Penner, Thomas L ^c   Perlstein, Jerry ^a   Whitten, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DYE; MEROCYANINE; MONOMER; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0033568226     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja983778h     Document Type: Article

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